Tie-rack.



N. HENNINGER, 1m

TIE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l4, I916- ]Patentedl Dec, 11, 19W.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, NrcrioLAsHnNNINenn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie Racks;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention belongs to the class of garment shaping devices, and has particular reference to a combined hanger and shaper for neck ties.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple apparatus upon which neck tics may be folded and stretched so as to preserve or restore their shape while they are put away. To this end, the invention con sists of a bracket suitably mounted upon a wall or other support and one or more racks or stretchers over which the neck tie may be stretched and secured, the bracket being adapted to receive a plurality .of such racks or stretcher-s. In this connection, it should be noted that the device thus acts, not only as a shaping apparatus but as a means for holding any number of neck ties in advantageous position for selection by the owner.

The invention also contemplates the improvements in the details of construction which go to make up the complete apparatus, the rack or stretching device being capable of uses individually of the rest of the parts. With these and such other objects as may hereinafter appear in View, my invention will now be fully set forth and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my com plete apparatus showing its use,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the racks or stretchers,

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the stretcher clamp.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a swinging arm or bracket which is mounted against the wall or other support by means of the bracket plate 2. The arm 1 is long enough to permit the assemblage of a number of the racks which Specification of Letters Patent. p t t 1p 11 19 7, Application filed August 14, 1916. Serial No. 114,886.

will be hereinafter described, and since each of the racks or stretchers will support a neck tie, the device provides an adequate display rack as well as a support from which the owner may make a selection without the necessity of handling a number of ties. Sus pendedfrom the swinging arm 1 is one or more of theracks or stretchers 3 by means of the clamp 4. i

Each of the racks 3 is formed from a continuous section of spring wire whose intermediate length is preferably straight and terminates at its opposite ends in the goosenecked bends 5 which are then continued in the spring arms 6 which extend at rightangles from the intermediate portion of the rack. Surrounding each of the spring arms 6 is a roller 7 These rollers in the present instance are formed from tubular elements of greater diameter than the spring arms and whose opposite ends are split and inturned to provide the journals 8. Each of the rollers 7 thus, has a two-point bearing upon the corresponding arm 6.

Each of the-clamp members 4 consists of a hook shank 9 whose upper end is looped to hook over the swinging arm 1, and the spring clip 10. The spring clip 10 may be of any suitable construction and is provided with a pair of substantially semi-cylindrical jaws 11 which are adapted to surround the upper one of the rollers 7 and hold thereon the folds of the neck tie. Preferably the inner faces of the jaws 11 are lined with a suit able felt or other lining 12 so that the jaws will not injure the fabric of the neck tie.

In operation, the neck tie is folded over the spring arms 6 and clamped in the most advantageous manner. Preferably, the neck band of a tie is looped over the upper arm at the middle point of the tie, the intermediate portion of the two sections are then laid together and passed over the lower roller. The ends of the tie are then carried upwardly to the upper roller and folded thereover, the tie being tensioned by drawing upon the free ends until suitably stretched when the jaws 11 of the clamp 4; are engaged over the fold upon the upper roller. The tie is then securely clamped and the spring arms 6 preserve the tautened relation of the folds of the tie, so that the latter will be smoothed out and free from all creases and wrinkles.

It is evident that by reason of the flat nature of the rack or stretcher and the fact that the tie is clamped thereon in flat relation, a plurality of racks or stretchers may be engaged over the arm 1, the number being only limited by the length of the arm. It is furthermore evident that the ties are 'a continuous spring Wire element having its body extended in a stretcher length and its arms turned at right angles to the body in freely extending supporting arms, spring e loops shapedbetween the body and the arms,

and a removable clamp to engage on one of nve. cents each, by Washington, D. 0.

the arms and the tie folds to secure the latter and hold the tie in stretched relation.

2. A tie rack, comprising in combination, a continuous spring Wire element having its body extended in a stretcher length and its arms turned at right angles to the body in freely extending supporting arms, spring loops shaped between the body and the arms, rollers mounted on the arms and forming supports for the folds of a tie, and a clamp to engage on one of the arms and the tie folds to secure the latter.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

NICHOLAS HEN N INGER, J R.

Witnesses LOUIS HENNINGER, EMIL ScHLnn.

addressing the Commissioner of Patentl, 

